Improvement in bale-ties



G'. S. FRANCE.

BALErTIE.

Patented Nov.21,1876.

NTTEED; STATES PATENT QFFICE- GUSTUS s. FRANCE, OFWORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BALE-TIES. I

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 184,607, dated November21, 1876 application filed November 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTUs S. FRANCE, of the city, and county ofWorcester, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented ,certain newand useful Improvements in Ba1e- Ties and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompan yingdrawin gs, forming a part of thisspecificati0n, and in which- Figure 1 represents a top or plan view ofso much of a wire bale-tie as is necessary to illustrate my presentinvention, and Fig.- 2 represents a side view oi the parts shown in Fig.1.

To enable those skilled in the art to which my-invention belongs to makeand use the same, I'will proceed to describe it more in detail.

In the drawings, the parts marked A and B represent the two ends of abale-tie, made of The end A is extended and bent back It is thenpartially'braided wire. to form 'loop 0.

- or twisted, as shown at a, after which it is bent to form the loop D,and then twisted or wound around the main wire A, as shown at A,thus'forniing a secure connection with the main part A. The end of wireB is extended and bent to form hook E, and is then returned upon itselfby twisting, as shown at B.

Loop 0 is made so as to stand up a little, as shown in Fig. 2, so thatwhen hookE is inserted in loop D and drawn back it will pass throughloop 0, thereby engaging both loops 0 and D, as fully shown in Fig. 2 ofthe draw-- gage hook E, and the partial twist or braid between theloops, as shown at a, prevents loop D from pulling out or becomingelongated.

In making loops 0 and D the end A may be first bent back and. thentwisted with and upon the part A, after which, the parts forming loop Dmay be held in a clamp device, while the parts forming loop 0 aretwisted to form a cross or partial braid between the loops.

- Having described my improvements in baleties, what I claim therein asnew and of my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a bale-tie, of the loops 0 D and hook E,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A bale-tie having two loops at one end,

separated by a partial twist, and a hook device at the other end,substantially as and for the purposesjset forth.

3. A bale-tie provided with two loops at one end, for engaging the hookdevice at the other end of the bale-tie. g GUSTUS S. FRANCE.

Witnesses:

THOS'. H. DODGE, EDWIN E. Moose.

